Jane Burston, CEO of the Clean Air Fund, discusses the launch of their new roadmap on tropospheric ozone – published during ...

An air quality alert has been issued for New York as a result of extreme heat impacting the region. The New York State ...

The peak of extreme heat is expected to hit Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures in the mid- to upper-90s. The heat combined ...

Around the turn of the 21st century, much of the environmental conversation was about the hole in the ozone layer. There was an understandable panic after it was discovered in the 1980s that certain ...

In the stratosphere, ozone acts as a protective layer. But in the troposphere, at ground level, this colorless gas is incredibly harmful to human health and the environment in ways scientists are ...

The ozone layer is a crucial component of Earth's stratosphere, located between 19 and 30 km above the surface. It plays a vital role in filtering harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun ...

Yet, the formation of this vital layer took over 2 billion years, and recent research reveals why it faced such a prolonged delay. Battle of elements in Earth’s early ozone layer A study led by ...

Ozone layer is not really a layer, but has become known as such because most ozone particles are scattered between 19 and 30 km up in the strato-sphere in the form of thick sheet, called ozono-sphere.

This was published 9 months ago The hole in the ozone layer was late this year. It’s not good news Caitlin Fitzsimmons September 27, 2024 — 12.00pm Normal text size Larger text size Very large ...

These warming events likely impacted a swirl of winds known as the southern polar vortex, which in turn affected the ozone hole's formation, the researchers say. Ozone is a gas that forms a layer ...

Ozone layer depletion is observed in both hemispheres, particularly over Antarctica and the Arctic, with a more pronounced impact in Antarctica. The formation of the ozone hole is closely linked ...